Philip Abelson

Philip Hauge Abelson was an American physicist, scientific editor and science writer. Trained as a nuclear physicist, he co-discovered the element neptunium, worked on isotope separation in the Manhattan Project, and wrote the first study of nuclear marine propulsion for submarines. He later worked on a broad range of scientific topics and related public policy, including organic geochemistry, paleobiology and energy policy.

27 April 1913

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1913): Irving Adler • Luz Long

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Andrew Schlafly • Austin Dillon • Frank Abagnale • Herb Pedersen • Jason Whitlock • Kate Pierson • Lara Gut-Behrami • Michael Fish • Mike Krushelnyski • Pik Botha • Sheena Easton • Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté • Yoshihiro Togashi

Born in the same month (April 1913): Charles Vanik • Dave Albritton • Dieter Grau • Irving Adler • Louise Currie • Luz Long • Mimis Fotopoulos • Nicolas Grunitzky • Norman Parkinson • Oleg Cassini • Rose Murphy • Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune • Willi Hennig